Thursday, June 11 from noon – 1 p.m. to Rally for History! at the Ohio Historical Center, located at I-71 and 17th Avenue in Columbus.

Does it matter to you?

The Ohio Senate has voted to approve the next two-year state budget, which includes significant budget cuts that would reduce the state’s investment in the Ohio Historical Society to the lowest level since 1994. Now the budget goes to a conference committee made up of a small number of House and Senate members as well as Strickland Administration officials.

Historic sites are already in trouble. The latest cut would:

# Eliminate teacher training and educational programs that leverage federal funding
# Eliminate National History Day in Ohio, a national program which originated in Ohio
# Eliminate the Local History Office that serves 800 local history organizations
# Eliminate the Civil War Sesquicentennial (2011-2015) initiative
# Eliminate the Ohio Historical Markers program

There is still time to make an impact and help restore funding for historic sites and the Society’s Outreach programs that affect students, teachers, local history organizations and Ohio communities. It’s time to Rally For History! Please join us on Thursday, June 11. FREE parking and admission to the Ohio Historical Center for participating in the rally.

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